Painting
-
The hidden Le Corbusier connection in Peter Doig’s landmark painting
By Elly Parsons Last updated
-
Korean resort Paradise City unveils new art space with museum-worthy collection
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
-
How a hashtag caused a surge of optimism for artists on Instagram
The #artistsupportpledge movement was created just two weeks ago but has since helped thousands of artists to sell their work in a landscape of instability. Here's how it happened, and why it might be here to stay
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Frank Bowling cements his status as a modern master with Tate Britain retrospective
After six decades, the British artist is finally getting his dues as a gently dazzling survey of his paintings opens in London
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
A new 60s-inspired book captures the rarest colours in the world
By Elly Parsons Last updated
-
Hsiao Chin and Mark Rothko: a meeting of minds
A major retrospective of pioneering Chinese abstract artist Hsiao Chin's work has opened at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia. A new film exploring the artist’s practice and global influences can be found on the Wallpaper* Instagram
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Julian Schnabel riffs on Rodin at his first West Coast show in three decades
By Olivia Martin Last updated
-
‘I just didn’t fit’: feminist icon Judy Chicago on revolutionising art history
At the de Young Museum, San Francisco, American feminist artist Judy Chicago staged her first ever retrospective. We spoke to the artist about her epic career, filled with patriarchal battles, fierce self-belief, and a lot of smoke
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
In Brussels, Titus Kaphar recasts the figures in Renaissance Christian art
In a deconsecrated church in Brussels, American painter Titus Kaphar confronts representation in Renaissance iconography. Here, we offer a virtual walkthrough of the artist’s solo show, ‘The Evidence of Things Unseen’
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
-
A la carte: Paula Scher’s American maps chart more than just territory
By Ann Binlot Last updated
-
As Paris begins to reopen, Perrotin introduces a series of spirited cooperative exhibitions
In the name of solidarity, Perrotin has invited 26 Parisian galleries to take part in four consecutive presentations in its Saint-Claude space
By Diane Theunissen Last updated
-
Sean Scully on self-belief, election billboards and the perils of rural Germany
Ahead of a major retrospective at the Hungarian National Gallery, Irish abstract artist Sean Scully reflects on six decades of redefining abstraction and doing ‘the biggest stretch in the history of the art world’
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Fabienne Verdier: the painter reimagining Cézanne country
For a decade, Fabienne Verdier lived in China studying under Huang Yuan, a Sichuanese calligraphy master and landscape painter. Now, back in her native France, the abstract artist is following in the footsteps of another master as three leading institutions in Aix-en-Provence open major exhibitions tracing her journey, from a nomadic artist’s workshop to paintings recently created in the landscape immortalised by Cézanne
By Tom Seymour Last updated
-
A definitive Cy Twombly retrospective reasserts his status as a modern master
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
-
Painting architecture: Tommy Fitzpatrick’s fractured modernist visions
Tommy Fitzpatrick’s new series of electric-hued architectural paintings capture the American artist's 30-year fascination with modernism
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Emma Talbot explores Greek myth and femininity at Whitechapel Gallery
In ‘The Age/L’Età’, her Max Mara Art Prize show at Whitechapel Gallery, Emma Talbot imagines a reality where violence is overturned by resolution, nurtured by an elderly female protagonist
By Martha Elliott Last updated
-
At home with Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão
we talk to artists about what they’re making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. Tracked down at the foot of a volcano in Costa Rica, Adriana Varejão discusses her Oscar Niemeyer-designed house, the eroticism of pulsating meat, and her solo show ‘Talavera’, on now at Gagosian, New York
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Art Basel Hong Kong recalibrates with a digital-only edition
Following the cancellation of its Hong Kong fair, Art Basel has bounced back with Online Viewing Rooms, where Asian art takes centre stage
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
-
Jason Boyd Kinsella’s curious portraits dissect the architecture of human
Based on the Myers-Briggs personality test, Jason Boyd Kinsella’s new portrait series, on show at Perrotin in Paris, examines the building blocks of human existence
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Gillian Wearing explores masks and metaphors at the Guggenheim
In our interview series, we find out what artists are making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. We revisit our 2020 interview with Gillian Wearing as she unveils 'Wearing Masks' at the Guggenheim, her first US retrospective
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Damien Hirst’s ‘almost tacky’ Cherry Blossoms bloom in Japan
After being exhibited at Paris’ Fondation Cartier, Damien Hirst’s vibrant, explosive cherry blossoms have taken on new life at The National Art Center, Tokyo, just in time for cherry blossom season
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Torkwase Dyson and Mark Rothko inaugurate Pace gallery’s new London home
Just in time for Frieze Week 2021, Pace has opened its much-anticipated Hanover Square gallery with shows by Torkwase Dyson and Mark Rothko
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
-
Stanley Whitney’s Italian paintings reveal an art practice in transition
American abstract painter Stanley Whitney’s works from the 1990s to mid-2000s, made in Italy and now on display as a collateral event of the Venice Biennale 2022, show an evolution of form and colour
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
-
Take a hike: Sterling Ruby's latest solo show is inspired by mountain rambles
By Elly Parsons Last updated
-
Sterling Ruby on seeing red in his visceral new paintings and collages
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
-
Honor Titus, punk band frontman-turned-painter: ‘jazz is the catalyst for everything’
Punk band frontman-turned-acclaimed painter Honor Titus riffs on the everyday to capture enigmatic scenes. We meet the artist, one of five contemporary creatives recently spotlighted by Wallpaper* guest editor Kelly Wearstler, ahead of his solo show in London this autumn
By Aindrea Emelife Last updated
-
Abstract artist Mary Weatherford dazzles with neon-bisected takes on Titian
American artist Mary Weatherford – among Wallpaper* guest editor Kelly Wearstler’s pick of contemporary creatives in our October 2022 issue – has imagined an entire exhibition of abstract paintings dedicated to Titian’s Flaying of Marsyas
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated